Six portraits have been donated to the New Zealand Portrait Gallery, Wellington by The Adam Foundation. The works include a portrait by Charles Frederick Goldie entitled Indecision: An Arawa Child from 1938. The generous donor Verna Adam says, “It’s good that the New Zealand Portrait Gallery now owns a Goldie. He was a fine portrait artist and deserves his place in our art history.” Director of the Gallery, Jaenine Parkinson says the works "add a richness and breadth to the Gallery’s collection we could never achieve by our own means" The other paintings include works by Raymond McIntyre, Peter McIntyre, Jacqueline Fahey, Olivia Spencer-Bower, and Richard Killeen. The works are to be unveiled on June 17th. See article from The Big Idea's Lowdown here.
Hamilton's Public Sculpture Tongue of the Dog by Michael Parekowhai, is not looking great after a paint attack on Anzac Day. Here are some images I took days after the clean up. Article from The Waikato Times here.
A Morrinsville art gallery that once bore the surname of a wealthy businessman with local connections, has taken down the letters of his name and rebranded after news of his conviction became public. Read article from Waikato Times here.
This article is so strange that it makes me think it is written by A.I.
There is no author mentioned This happened 12 years ago and is being reported as news in 2024 Anyone who watches The Antiques Road Trip knows there have been bigger profits than this one since... STRANGE! Original story link here. A Vera Cummings portrait has been bid on in a UK auction by a kiwi bidder, and is reportedly coming back to NZ soon.
The work sold for $3,790 NZ (1,800 pounds) which is a great price for a work by the Thames born portrait artist who was a student of Goldie. The highest price for a painting by her is $37,600, sold at International Art Centre in 2020. Not all works are on-sold once repatriated, someone may have a new work to add to their personal collection. Read RNZ article here. Written by Maia Ingoe. A recent British Antiques Roadshow included an appraisal of this silver trench watch from WWI.
Inscribed "Gunner W Ballantine, 21st Regiment NZRA 1916" it was owned by a New Zealand soldier. An expat kiwi researched the name and found Mr William Ballantine lived in Invercargill. The soldier survived the war and died in 1975. If anyone knows anymore about Mr Ballantine contact [email protected]. Read Stuff article here. Here at Antique & Art, we will be taking a break from valuing from December 18th until January 29th 2024.
We need a bit of time to relax, refresh and spend time with whānau. We will still be in the shop over summer so come and have a look and say hi! Post Malone has paid over $2 Million NZ for the 'One Ring to Rule Them All' Magic the Gathering card, found by a Canadian player.
Read the story here. Because there is only the one card in all of existence, this has become the highest valued MTG card. Over recent years we have seen the toy and collectables market strongly appreciate. Antique & Art have provided a number of valuations for Magic the Gathering (and other Trading) Cards. Some New Zealand players are lucky enough to have Black Lotuses locked in bank vaults for safe keeping! Staff from Te Papa and local museums are helping Marae from "Dargaville to Feilding" restore Taonga damaged in Cyclone Gabrielle.
Excellent article by Stuff with audio from RNZ available here. |
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